In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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Author: Michael PollanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 0143114964
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Reviews of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Book Review: Outstanding Book - but it will make you mad!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first purchased the author's newer book, "Food Rules," and I liked it a lot. But I found myself wanting a bit more depth, as that book is very high level. This book provides what Food Rules is missing, and I will likely purchase the author's earlier books after reading this one.
I have been looking for a book like In Defense of Food for several years, as I suspected what the author is confirming for me.
If you are concerned about your diet, how to shop for groceries, how to eat more healthy foods, etc., then both In Defense of Food and Food Rules offer great tips and suggestions. They will also likely get you upset about how much crap is in the grocery stores today, and how hard it is to find real food (versus what the author calls edible food-like substances).
Summary of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
The companion volume to The New York Times bestseller The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael Pollan's lastbook , The Omnivore's Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now In Defense of Food shows us how to change it, one meal at a time. Pollan proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.
Amazon Significant Seven, January 2008: Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in In Defense of Food is a series of wonderfully clear and thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield that's come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient "healthy" alternatives to whole foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health has a nation has only deteriorated since we started exiling carbs, fats--even fruits--from our daily meals. His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a la Humpty Dumpty) put our food back together again and reconsider what it means to eat well. In a season filled with rallying cries to lose weight and be healthy, Pollan's call to action-"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."--is a program I actually want to follow. --Anne Bartholomew
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